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Niall Byrne

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.

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Effy – ‘Move’

Effy are Kieran Craddock and Peter Fleming (Newbridge represent), a Dublin-based duo that have been…

JETS (Jimmy Edgar x Machinedrum) feat. Jamie Lidell – ‘Midas Touch’

JETS is Travis Stewart aka Machinedrum and Jimmy Edgar’s side-project. Their second release is a…

Minimal Wave’s Veronica Vasicka coming to Forza Italo

Minimal Wave Records honcho Veronica Vasicka has been releasing obscure and electronic analogue music taking in…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // January 14th – 20th

If you’re looking for tickets to sold out gigs try #ticketfairy on Twitter. Skip to…

Eh, Hall & Oates are playing Dublin

Yes, Hall & Oates, Daryll Hall and John Oates, the writers and performers behind bona…

The top 10 tracks of the week

10 songs you should hear right now… 1. Girl Band – ‘Lawman’ One way to…

Album of the week: James Vincent McMorrow – Post Tropical

If you’re looking for the most stark difference between James Vincent McMorrow’s Early In The…

New music: Fickle Friends, Laura Groves, Tears & Marble

Fickle Friends – ‘Swim’ This Brighton five-piece band’s new single ‘Swim’ is a good antidote…

Intro: The Academic – Mullingar’s bright young hopefuls

Mullingar has been the hometown of Joe Dolan, Niall from One Direction and The Blizzards.…

Arenas x Talkboy – EP

The internet is great. A huge interconnected network of computers that everyone in the entire…

Other Voices Derry: Poliça, George Ezra, Bell X1 and Foy Vance announced so far

In the Christmas rush, I totally missed the announcement that Other Voices Derry will have…

Intro: The Cast Of Cheers’ Neil Adams is Kuma Hana

While The Cast Of Cheers have been on quiet time, Conor Adams has made music…

Listen to Paddy Hanna’s solo album – Leafy Stiletto

As noted previously, Paddy Hanna is the lead singer of Grand Pocket Orchestra, perhaps the…

Breach announces Dublin gig at The Academy

Ben Westbeech aka Breach had a pretty good year last year with two big singles…

Withneil And I – 2 EP

Neil Burns is a musician, songwriter and producer who namechecks Derry, Donegal and Down as…

King Krule – ‘A Lizard State’ (video)

The most lively track from King Krule’s debut album 6 Feet Beneath The Moon, ‘A…

Meteor Choice Music Prize shortlist announced

The shortlist is in for this year’s Meteor Choice Music Prize Album of the Year…

Wild Beasts announce new album with new video and European tour

Wild Beasts return next month on February 21st with their fourth album Present Tense, and…

Mansionair – ‘Hold Me Down’

Lachlan Bostock and Alex Nicholls are Mansionair, a pretty new production duo from Sydney, i.e…

FKA Twigs – ‘Water Me’ (DJ DJ Booth Remix)

I’m quite a fan of FKA Twigs’ music . Both her EPs are stellar pieces…